1887 Five Pound - PCGS MS63

Great Britain, 1887 Five Pound -

Five pound pieces from the UK have always had high appeal amongst collectors. The series is small (there are fewer than a dozen coins in the entire set), and the coins are scarce enough to be challenging, but not so scarce that a set is impossible to build (the 1839 Una and the Lion being an exception). The 1887 £5 is one of the more available five pound pieces, and is particularly popular with collectors because it is the most affordable five pound from Victoria’s reign. The coin photographed above has a lot of visual impact. Its large size and hefty weight are impressive, while its glossy, proof-like fields really make the coin stand out. It has a mintage of only 54,000 pieces, which makes it more scarce than some modern mint and proof sets, while only a handful have been graded finer by PCGS. Catalogues £3,250 in UNC in the latest Spink (2013).